Belt buckle



May 22, 1923. www@ F. F. KNOTHE BELT BUCKLE Filed Feb. 15. 1922 BY ATTORNEY Patented May 22, i923.

citant FRANK F. KNOTHE,

or Rinenwoon, New JERSEY, assreivor. To KNOTHE BROTHERS n CO., INC., OF NEW YORK, N'. Y., A. CORPORATGN OF NEW YORK. I .f

BELT BUCKLE.

Application filed February 15, 1922. Serial No. 536,676.

To @ZZ whom it 'may concern.'

Be it known that l, FRANK F. lno'rim, a citizen ot the VUnited States, and resident et Ridgewood, in the county ot Bergen and State ot New Jersey, have invented certain new and uselful Improvements in Belt Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

rllhe object oi' my invention is to provide simple and effective means to permit the main body portion of a belt buckle to remain attached in the desired position upon the belt and to readily connect and disconnect the opposite end portions of the belt therewith. I n

ln carrying out my invention l provide a buckle with a movable member to detachably connect the buckle to a belt near one end; at the opposite end of the belt I attach a connector, and between said movable member and said connector I provide compleinental inter-engaging means to attach said member and the connector together to retain the belt around a waist. l I

, My invention also comprises novel details ot improvement that will be more 'tully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be hadto the accompanying drawings, Jforming part hereof, wherein Figure l is a perspective view ot a belt equipped with my improvement;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged inside view of a portion ofFig. l; l

Fig. 23 is a section on line 3, 3, in Fig'. 2;

Figs. 4 and are tace views illustrating my improvement detached, v

Fig. 6 is a section on line 6, 6, in Fig. a;

Figs. 7 and 8 are sections respectively on lines 7, 7, and 8, 8, in Fig. 5; and

Fig. 9 is an edge view of thebuckle.

Similar numerals ot reference indicate corresponding pai'tsin the several views.

The numeral l indicates 'the main body or the trame of the buckle to which a belt gripping or clamping member or lever .2 is pivotally attached. Vln the example illustrated the buckle Yl'ranie isv shown comprising a front plate la provided with spaced side webs lb, between which webs the clamp member or lever 2 is pivoted by means of its pivots or gudgeons 3 in a well known- Inanner, said member having a portion 2a projecting from the lever near the gudgeons towardV the front plate to grip the beltl therebetween. Said .buckle member may-be attached near one end oi' the belt in anordinary way, and retained in set position by the clamp member 2 wheny its tree end portion 2D is pressed toward the belt. At the opposite end ci the belt isa connector., 5 adapted to be attached to clamp member or ,lever 2 oi? thebuckle trame. The connector 5 may be attached to the adjacent end of the Vbelt in any well known manner. l haveshown the end portion 4t of the vbelt looped through the connector which is shown in open form at and retained against the body ofthe belt by ordinary snap fasteners 6, whereby the connector is detachably carried by the belt. Between the clamp mcmber'or lever 2 and the connector 5 l provide detachable inter-engaging means for readily connecting the belt ends together around the wearers waist, and tor disconnecting them without disturbing the position of the buckle on the belt. The buckle member 2 shown provided with aprojection or stud 7, located at the outer end portion of said member, and the connector is provided with an opening or recess 8 communicating with a reduced slot-orneck-like portion 9 to receive the shank of thel projection or stud. The projection 7 may be struck from the metal ot member 2, or maybe ar separate part riveted or otherwise secured thereto. I have shown means to retain the connector 5. in. detachable ei'igagementwith meinberor lever 2, for which purpose connector 5 has spaced stops l0, shown inthe Jform of fingers, 'located between slotted portion 9 and slots il. trl-aid stops are shown having projecting poi-tions or protuberances l0a to obstruct the headed or lateral portions 7u of projection 7, (Fig. 9),`when lthe member or'lever 2 and the connector are assen'ibled, to preventspon' taneovus separation ot said member and connector. The stops 'l0 are resilientyto permit the projection 7 to pass them when the parts are being` assembled or separated.

The member or lever 2 is vshown provided with a stop 2X, outuf'ai'dly projecting, in the path oi" connector said stop preferably inclining toward projection 7 to retain the free end ot the connector when being applied to the member 2. Said stop is spaced from` projection T on the same side of member 2,

to act as an abutment to locate the connector over member 2 so that the opening 8 may i "20. s'iredl it may be affected by turning `back be readily positioned over the projectioni to connect the stops. l0 withv saidprojection. The' end of connector 5 is shown recessed at ftoiaid incentering the Aconnector at stop 2X. `Wheiimy improvements are applied at the respective ends 'of the beit, the clamp meinber or lever 2 and the connector 5 maybe connected together by the inter-engaging projection or stud 7 and slot or neck-like portion 9, and the positionof the buckle on the fbelt to accommodate the Wearers Waist may be readily determined and the clamp member-setjagainst the belt. Eachitime that the -belt is to be removed or re-ap'plied it Will be merely necessary to disconnect or 1 kconnect together member `2v and connector 5 without disturbingthe position of the buckle upon the belt'. Of course, when any other adjustment of the buckleon the belt is demember 2, adj usting the buckle to the desired position on the belt, and re-setting said memb'er against thebelt. The strain onv the` belt g ivlien 'upcn the wearer will have the tendency 25 t'o prevent the clamp member or lever .2

. fromi opening to release the belt by reason of the draft 'of the connector upon said member', having the tendency to retain the latter in the belt clamping position.' `The stops 1,0 preyent separation of the parts until the tvearer forcibly separates the connector and member 2. The projection orstud serves in the nature of' a handle livhei'i Areleasing theV clamp member fro'inthev belt.r V

My invention is not limited Ito the particular details of construction shown, `as the vsameiii'aybevaried, Within thescope ot the vclamp memberinovably connected therewith,

a' connector adapted for attachmentto a belt end, a projection upon one of said parts and 'the other part provided with -a recess to -receive 'saidprojectiom Said recess having a reduced neck-like 'portion and slots on opposite mamma Sides thereof communicating With said re- .Cess `providing spaced lstopV iingeisv between ythe neck-like portion and the slots to coop-' erate `With said projectionv to retain said' member and connector infengagement. Z'A belt buckle comprising a frame, a

ciamp member movably connected therewith, v a connector adapted for attachment to a belt end', a projection upon one of said parts pro-` vided ivith a shank and lateral portions and the other part provided With a' recess to Areceive said projection, said other part having spaced stop fingers to receive said shank' therebetween, said stop iingers being pro-v vided with protuberances to engage said lati eral portions of the projection to retain said member and connector in engagement. v

3. A lbelt buckle comprising a frame,fa'

clamp member inovably connected therewith` a connector `adapted i'or attachment toa belt end, a projection upon one or" saidpartsprovided with a shank and lateral port-ions and theJ 'other part provided with a recess having a neck-like portion communicatingl there- With to receive said shank, said memberfhavving a stop spaced from said projection to engage the connector When the projection en'- Kters'the recess. j 4. A' belt buckle comprising-a `frame, a

clamp membermovably. connected there- 585y.

with, a connector adapted JforV attachment to a belt end, aprojection upon Vone of saidparts provided vvith a shank and lateral por tions and the other part lprovidedwitha iecess yhaving a neclelike portion c'ommunna-t- 'i iiiggtherevvith to receive said shank, said member having a stop spaced from saidproj-y jection to engage the connector Whenthe projection `enters the recess, said being l inclined toward said-projection te retain the connector when being applied` to the member. f

A belt` bucklecomprising a trame, 'a clamp member movabiy connected therewith,

a connector adapted for attachmenttoa belt end, a projection upon one ot' said partis yand the other part provided .with a recess "to receive said projectiomsai'd member having a a stop to engage the connector. the end oi the connector beingrecessed t'o engage said stop.

Signed at New York'city, in the county-oi New York, and State of New York, this 4th day of February, A. D. 1922. y

' FRANK F. KNTHE. 

